Assemblies

Contents

• Choosing a Configuration While Adding a Component
  

  When you use the Insert Components/Begin Assembly PropertyManager to add a component to an assembly, you can select a configuration from a list.

• Component Selection Enhancements
  

  Enhancements to facilitate component selection include the new Select Identical Components tool, improvements to Select Components by Size, and improved performance when using Assembly Visualization to select a large number of components.

• Copying Multiple Components
  

  You can copy several components at a time and retain the mates between them.

• Mates
  

• Mirroring Assembly Features
  

  You can mirror assembly features.

• Pattern Driven Component Pattern Improvements
  

  When you create a pattern-driven component pattern, the instances skipped in the parent pattern are now listed in the Pattern Driven PropertyManager.

• Performance Evaluation (Formerly AssemblyXpert)
  

  AssemblyXpert is renamed to Performance Evaluation. The user interface is consistent with the new Performance Evaluation tool for drawings.

• Purging Unused Features
  

  In parts and assemblies, you can selectively delete features and components that are suppressed in all configurations of the model. You can also selectively delete unused reference geometry and sketches that have no child references in the model.

• Remove All Appearances
  

  You can remove all appearances from all models inside an assembly or subassembly.

• Renaming Components in the FeatureManager Design Tree
  

  You can change component file names directly from the FeatureManager design tree.

• Replacing Subassemblies with Multibody Parts
  

  When you save an assembly as a multibody part, more internal data is saved. The additional data allows mates from the assembly to be retained in the multibody part. This is useful when you use the multibody part as a simplified representation of the assembly in a higher level layout assembly and then later need to make changes.

• Subassemblies
  

• Temporarily Fix Components with a Separate Tool
  

  A separate tool is now available to temporarily fix and group components.

• Toggling the Visibility of Components
  

  A new keyboard shortcut lets you temporarily view all hidden components and select ones you want to show.

• Treehouse Improvements
  

  Treehouse improvements include the display of configuration-specific properties, an option to keep exported files open in the SOLIDWORKS software, and the creation of new files from existing ones.